Column Division

for iPad and iPhone

This app can be used to teach and study the column division method. The app is easy to use and it has an intuitive interactive interface with customizable colors and other settings. The user can solve custom and random division problems.

The Column Division Method

The column division method is a simple variation of the traditional long division method. Lines are drawn to separate the digits of the divisor. Each place-value column is solved from left to right.

In the Everyday Mathematics curriculum the column division method is one of the algorithms for division.

The Column Division App

The numbers are aligned automatically so that the user can concentrate on solving the operations for each column.

After you solve the operation for each partial product the correct answer will fly to the right place. If you press the wrong button the answer will appear above the keyboard but it will not move.

Difficulty Can Be Set

The dividend can have from 2 to 5 digits

The divisor can have 1 or 2 digits

The current operation can be hidden

The operands of the current operation can be highlighted

Colors of the interface can be changed

The speed of the animations can be set

Column Division Videos

Column division with three digit dividend

324 ÷ 6

Column division with five digit dividend and two digit divisor

91707 ÷ 33

Column Division in the Apple VPP Store for Education

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